Re: [NEWS] More Net Attacks Loom, CERT Says

From: The Other Guy (nospam@this.addy)
Date: 03/18/03 

From: The Other Guy <nospam@this.addy>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 04:01:31 GMT

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:32:36 -0500, while waiting for Somebody Else to
show up and say something, The Other Guy responded to a post from
Ogden Johnson III <oj3@cpcug.org> who wrote in
comp.security.firewalls:

>The Other Guy <nospam@this.addy> wrote:
>
>>>From eweek: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,933590,00.asp
>>
>>March 17, 2003
>>More Net Attacks Loom, CERT Says
>
>[Snip "Same old s[tuff], different day different time" stuff.]
>
>The "[NEWS]" in the subject line constitutes false advertising. There
>was nothing *new* in the article. ;->
>
>OJ III

LOL. So true OJ, the same old, same old... but a story that we will be
hearing for a long time, I'm sure.

Actually, the part I really like is the para "At the heart of this new
trend, according to security experts, are poor security practices. But
more important is the mistaken belief by corporate IT that once crises
such as those caused by Code Red or SQL Slammer die down, the
trouble's over."

Oft times we tend to be reactive instead of proactive w.r.t security.
It's only when something is happening that the boss will take a
concern for security, but as soon as the bad bug has been patched,
it's "OK, now back to work", and you say "But shouldn't we be looking
at...", and the response to that is "we can't afford to.. or we don't
have time".

Anyway, if something happens in the next "months or years", don't say
I didn't warn you!! ;-)

TOG 

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